Dokko

Wasn't sure from the performance of the first game against Norwich but looked tidy in the second game. Can't see him playing anywhere but in Atsu's position though, feel we have bigger issues.

Imagine our record signing being a 29 year old Watford fringe player. Think I’d take it as well.

Think Rafa has persuaded Ashley to buy a good striker first before recouping some of the fee in selling mitro or Gayle. Don't think anything else will have really changed just that we can't afford to lose players before we shuffle the pack and he's got the message. We'll maybe. We'll see.

Jenas was an attacking midfielder until he was a few years in then decided to start passing backwards and sideways (an 18-20 year old Jenas was his peak for me) That type of player is always going to have a bigger impact, especially the way we played football back then. Jenas also had the luxury of playing in an incredible team.

Aye he's young and very raw, far too soon to write him off yet. He's 2 seasons in to his career. One full one in the Championship with us, half a one with Hull and half a one in the prem this season. He's doing well tbh, nothing spectacular but anyone expecting anything more than what he's shown is mental.

Think he's judged harshly bearing in mind its his first season at this level in a team that is collectively not good enough. Personally think he's done alright and will build on it.

Be brilliant if Everton ditched Slug Head now.

Silva Sacked

Comical.

Anyone but Shepherd iirc.

Wasn't he saying 'Ashley is a smart man' in regards to doing what needs doing this window? If so it sounds like he was saying well we now know its up to you Ashley to stop the club going down.

I'm not sure. I'm worried that after so long, it's gone public like this. It's like a last desperate attempt to move things along. I now think Ashley has no intention to sell If Ashley had no intention to sell then it would have been better for him to stay quiet and keep it going, especially while the window is open. He wants to sell, at his price, PCP need to up their bid.... Really nothing has changed apart from its all out in the open.

It’s done mate. He’s here till he’s dead. I thought that for the last few weeks and been shot down for it. Today I feel different. She's fighting, let's hope it's mot just to preserve reputation and she is serious. If she is serious she can win. May need our help though.

I'm not sure if that's wishful thinking. If she's serious, she fights for this. If she fights with clear public offers then we will see whether the fat man really is serious about selling. A bit like making offers for players made public to unsettle them. At some point the player goes fuck that you've got a great bid let me go, Mike will have the supporters united in doing the same along with the media. After that and still no sale then it never will. Atm her bids aren't enough, I wish they were but it's not the price he's looking for. £300m no clauses I think is a fair offer and should be accepted.

Have a feeling this isn't dead, just a lot more public. Would love to see a £300m no clauses bid made public and see what happens next.

Spot on that. Nailed it. Won't go down well on here though.

So they put a bid in, hear nothing back for 10 weeks and think everything is ok? The bid was rejected almost immediately, from what we were told at the time. Then there is no deal surely? So pcp knew back in November there was no deal at that price and spent the next 2-3 months doing what exactly?

So they put a bid in, hear nothing back for 10 weeks and think everything is ok?

The takeover failing during an open window has totally fucked us.

No pleasure. But if people are going to be arseholes towards my opinions I’m going to call them out on it when my fears are being realised. Pcp were chancers, that’s been obvious to me for a few weeks now. They’ve no place running a football club and without a buyer Rafa walks. Rather be wrong and getting shit for that tbh, but didn’t deserve the shit in the first place. Maybe next time people will actually listen to opinions that don’t match their own without being dicks.

You're on a roll today. Wrong side of bed? Still cocksure? Thought not.

I feel more confident that we will since pcp have been called out. I think not getting a win against Swansea has woken the fat fucker up both on the sale and the transfer front. Don’t think he has a choice now.

It's not FM, the two didn't have to be mutually exclusive. This announcement gives me no further confidence the club will strengthen appropriately in this window. Is it not? Well I never. It’s apparent Ashley didn’t want to commit money in to the squad as he’d hoped for a sale. Now that isn’t happening he has to so he can protect the status of the club. So yes, there is a link here. Hopefully we can get some business done.

Con artists.

Course it was. We’ve been played.